“Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Before thee. The saints of the old law frequently mention their good works, (Psalms 7:9. &chapter 2 Ezra 13:14) which is less common in those of the new. When God rewards our good works, he only crowns his own gifts. Calmet.—Ezechias had sincerely desired to please God, though he might have given way to some imperfections, verse 1. Bible.—Weeping; because he thought that the Messias would not be one of his posterity, as he had yet no children. Calmet. 21:1. S. Jerom.—The saints of the Old Testament could only be received into Abraham’s bosom. We may be with Christ immediately after death; so that it is far less terrible. Philippians 1:23. Bible.